The Frame Studio

The Frame Studio has been custom framing artwork, photographs, and keepsakes out of its North Federal Highway location in Fort Lauderdale since 2007. In a city with plenty of chain frame shops in strip malls, The Frame Studio has built its business on a more design focused approach, sitting down with each customer to work out a framing combination, mat, and glass that suits both the piece being framed and the room where it will eventually hang, rather than pushing a standard mat and frame package off the shelf.

The shop’s day to day work covers most of what a serious framing customer might need. That includes framing original art, prints, photographs, and canvas pieces, along with more specialized requests such as shadow boxes for sports jerseys and memorabilia, mounting and framing gallery walls for a whole room, restoring and framing old or damaged family photographs, and stretching canvas for artists and photographers who print on canvas. The studio also offers custom printing services, so customers who only have a digital file can have it printed and framed under one roof, along with picture hanging and local delivery for finished pieces that are too large or delicate to transport easily.

Part of what distinguishes The Frame Studio in the local market is its relationship with Fort Lauderdale’s own history. The shop is a framing partner of History Fort Lauderdale, working with archival prints and historic images of the city, and it has also done framing work for local institutions such as the Broward County library system. That kind of experience with archival materials is useful if you are framing something fragile or irreplaceable, such as an old family photograph, a document, or a piece of memorabilia that cannot be easily reprinted if handled poorly during the framing process.

For anyone planning a visit, a few practical notes can help the process go smoothly. Bring the actual piece being framed rather than a photo of it if at all possible, since mat and frame choices look different in person than they do on a phone screen, and the staff will often want to hold sample frame corners up against the artwork before committing to an order. Custom framing is not an instant service, so ask about turnaround time when you drop off a piece, particularly around the holidays when demand for gift framing and shadow boxes tends to pick up. If you are framing a large gallery wall or several pieces at once, it can be worth bringing photos of the room itself so the framer can help coordinate frame styles and spacing across the whole wall rather than treating each piece on its own. The shop keeps regular weekday and Saturday hours and is closed on Sunday, so weekday mornings tend to be a quieter time to bring in a piece and talk through options without a wait.